July, 2012

Litigation

From the program: M&A Litigation 2012

Released on: Jul. 12, 2012

What better way to learn about M & A litigation than from the attorneys that litigate the nation’s most important M & A disputes and the judges who preside over them?  We have assembled judges from the Delaware Supreme Court and the Court of Chancery, the most experienced and respected courts on M & A matters, and distinguished M & A litigators to give you their perspectives on the best ways to handle corporate M & ...

From the program: Pretrial Practice 2012

Released on: Jul. 2, 2012

DVD's from the program Pretrial Practice 2012, held May, 2012.

Released on: Jul. 3, 2012

Taken from the briefing Hype or Help? How Can Alternative Fee Arrangements Add Demonstrable Value to Your Practice and Your Clients? recorded June 2012. The discussion of AFA's (aka alternative fee arrangements or value-based fees), is no longer a discussion of "alternatives" as much as it is a discussion of "appropriate" fee arrangements: namely, legal pricing and cost models that focus on finding and focusing on the value ...

Recorded on: Jul. 3, 2012

AMY TAUB: Greetings. My name is Amy Taub, and I am a Program Attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing-- Hype or Help, How Can Alternative Fee Arrangements Add Demonstrable Value to Your Practice and Your Clients? Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials ...

From the program: Employment Discrimination Law & Litigation 2012

Released on: Jul. 5, 2012

Any attorney or human resources professional who advises or represents employers, employees, labor unions or government, or who has judicial/arbitral/mediator responsibility, must keep abreast of changes in the employment discrimination arena, and must also be aware of cutting-edge developments on the litigation front. This program, designed for employment law practitioners and human resources professionals at all levels, brings together prominent ...

From the program: Class Action Litigation 2012

Released on: Jul. 25, 2012

Class action lawsuits remain one of the focal points of high stakes litigation in many areas of the law, yet the standards applicable to class actions are evolving.  How has the class action landscape changed?  How have courts addressed the issue of class certification?  How can you structure settlements that are beneficial to your clients?  This year’s program will answer these questions and many more. Our outstanding ...

From the program: Expert Witness 2012

Released on: Jul. 11, 2012

For many attorneys, searching for, hiring, and using expert witnesses can be a daunting experience.  Don’t miss out on the critical benefits conferred by the effective use of expert witnesses in complex litigation.  Our faculty of experienced litigators and expert witnesses will demystify the challenges of selecting, preparing, and using experts.  You will come away with practical tools to handle the myriad of issues involved ...

From the program: Ethics for Commercial Litigators 2012

Released on: Jul. 12, 2012

Lecture Topics  [Total time 01:58:06] Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program. Ethics for Commercial Litigators 2012  [01:58:06] C. Evan Stewart, S. Jeanine Conley, Susan J. Kohlmann, David S. Versfelt The purchase price of this Web Program includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online: New York Rules of Professional Conduct The Legal ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2012

Taken from the briefing Supreme Court and the Affordable Care Act: Implications for the Futurerecorded July, 2012. By all accounts, the Supreme Court’s decision concerning the Affordable Care Act is one of its most important in recent years. Listen to Erwin Chemerinsky, Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law for this important presentation. Lecture Topics  [Total ...

From the program: International Employment Law 2012

Released on: Jul. 12, 2012

DVD's from the program International Employment Law 2012, held June, 2012.

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2012

JAYNE A. GOLDSTEIN: Good afternoon. I hope everyone had a nice, enjoyable lunch break. We have this afternoon, the next topic is Potential Pitfalls of Class Action Notice and Claims Administration in the 21st century. And we have with us today Lisa Buckser-Schulz, who is vice president and deputy general counsel to the Garden City Group. Prior to joining Garden City Group, Miss Buckser-Schulz was general counsel in the class action administration ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2012

HOWARD S. SUSKIN: OK, folks why don't we get started again. Welcome back. In preparing this year's program, Jane and I wanted to include a segment that we have not previously had in the past years' PLI class action programs. And that's a segment on litigating the pro bono class action. And we thought it was important for a number of reasons. At a time when a lot of legal aid organizations are feeling the crunch of budget cuts and constraints, first, ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2012

SPEAKER 1: Thank you. JAYNE A. GOLDSTEIN: Welcome back. For our last hour we're going to have best litigation strategies from our esteemed panel. And I want to introduce the plaintiffs' attorneys. John Browne is a partner at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann. Prior to joining Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, Mr. Browne was an attorney at Latham & Watkins where he had a wide range of experience in commercial litigation, including defending ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2012

HOWARD SUSKIN: And with that, let me introduce our first speaker today, who is kind of our returning champion, because professor Georgene Vario has been with us for the last several years. And it's really our great privilege to have her be joining us again this morning. Professor Vario is from the Loyola Law School Los Angeles, and she really is recognized as, if not the preeminent class action expert in the country, certainly among the very, very ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2012

PETER BEATTIE: Now it's my pleasure to introduce to you the chair of today's program and the faculty members. Evan Stewart handles litigation matters on behalf of domestic and international clients before the US Supreme Court, the Judicial Panel on Multi-district Litigation, as well as federal and state appellate and trial courts. He has substantial experience in the financial services industry, serving for 12 years as the executive vice president, ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2012

JAYNE A. GOLDSTEIN: For our opt-in versus opt-out class action segment, it's my pleasure to introduce Sari Alamuddin. Sari is a partner at Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice, and is the practice group leader for Labor and Employment Practice in Chicago. Mr. Alamuddin represents clients on a wide range of labor and employment matters. His practice particularly focuses on employment benefits litigation, including class action and multi-plaintiff ...

Released on: Jul. 13, 2012

Taken from the briefing Writing for Lawyers: A Whirlwind Tour of Legal Writing Fundamentals recorded June 2012. In the age of email communication, legal writing remains a critical skill for attorneys in all practice areas. Whether you are drafting a quick email or an appellate brief, your written work product must be clear, concise and confident.  But in the rush of life and work, even good writers often stray from the basics of strong, ...

Recorded on: Jul. 13, 2012

AMY TAUB: Greetings. My name is Amy Taub, and I'm a program attorney with PLI. I would like to welcome you to today's briefing, Writing for Lawyers-- A Whirlwind Tour of Legal Writing Fundamentals. Before we begin, I have some administrative announcements. This briefing will be one hour in length. Please feel free to send questions at any time during the briefing. Please remember that you have access to materials for this briefing via the Course Handbook ...

Released on: Jul. 16, 2012

Taken from the briefing Government Investigations and Demands for ESI - What's a Corporation to Do? recorded June, 2012. It is a fact of life that many corporations and organizations are regulated by federal agencies and that agency investigations require the production of large volumes of electronically stored information (“ESI”).  This briefing will explore the nature and scope of those investigations, how corporations and ...

Recorded on: Jul. 18, 2012

Taken from the briefing Engagement Letters: Addressing Conflicts and Other Thorny Issues Before They Ariserecorded July, 2012. During difficult economic times, when lawyers and their firms feel a particularly strong urge to develop new business, great care must be taken to identify and manage present and potential future conflicts.  Careful preparation of the opening engagement letter is the first and typically the best way to manage ...

Recorded on: Jul. 23, 2012

Taken from the briefing Supreme Court Affordable Care Act Decision 2012: What's Next for Health Care Providers? recorded July, 2012. The U.S. Supreme Court issued its historic decision upholding the individual mandates under the Affordable Care Act ACA), while striking down the Medicaid expansion provisions. Many health care providers braced for the decision, while other forged ahead regardless of the how the Court decided. In this ...

From the program: Writing for Litigators 2012

Released on: Jul. 24, 2012

Do you feel compelled to include phrases like “wherefore,” “heretofore,” and “albeit” in your writing? What actually is good legal writing? This program will teach you the secrets of successful legal writing, whether you are writing for judges, partners, or clients. Lecture Topics  [Total time 02:41:08] Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program. Introduction* ...

Recorded on: Jul. 25, 2012

Taken from the briefing Corporate Crime: Southern Union v. United States and Other Key Supreme Court Decisions of the 2011-2012 Term recorded June, 2012. On June 21, 2012, the Supreme Court decided Southern Union v. United States, holding that the Apprendi rule extends to facts that increase the maximum fines in criminal cases. Apprendi ruled that “any fact that increases the penalty for a ...

Recorded on: Jul. 26, 2012

Taken from the briefing From False Claims Act to FIRREA: The Government's Expanding Enforcement Arsenal Against Financial Institutions 2012 recorded July, 2012. In its pursuit of financial fraud, the Department of Justice has recently "rediscovered" civil enforcement statutes that have not traditionally been applied in the context of financial fraud, particularly the False Claims Act, FIRREA, and the Fraud Injunction Statute. Listen ...

Recorded on: Jul. 26, 2012

AMY: Now it's my pleasure to turn this briefing over to Erwin Chemerinsky. ERWIN CHEMERINSKY: Thank you so much. It's really a pleasure to do this. It's hard to think of any Supreme Court case in recent memory that attracted as much media attention was anticipated as the Supreme Court's ruling two weeks ago today in National Federation of Independent Business versus Sebelius. It is a decision that will literally affect all of us in the way we receive ...